Golf game



E. R. M GRANN Nov. 10 1925- GOLF GAME Filed Oct. 15, 1921 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 /A/v-wrae: [0144/20 Par Ma 6/24/1 5r ms Arr'x Nov 10, 1925 1,561,178-

E. R. MQGRANN GOLF GAME Filed Oct. 15, 1 921 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 arms nrr'x ards interposed between it and the hole.

Patented Nov. 10, 1925.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWARD ROY MCGRANN, OF MGKEESPORT, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR- OF ONE- FOURTH TO HARRY C. HEEPEL, OF MCKEESPOR'I, PENNSYLVANIA, AND ONE- FOURTH TO CURT' B. MUELLER, OF WEST PAR-K, OHIO.

GOLF GAME.

Application filed October 15, 1921. Serial No. 507,916..

To all whom it may concern: 1

Be it known that I, EDWARD RoY Mc- GRANN, acitizen of the United States, residing at 704 Scott St., McKeesport, in the State of Pennsylvania and county of Allegheny, ha 'e invented a new and useful Im movement in Golf Games, of which the following is a specification, the principle of the invention being herein explained, and the best mode in which I have contemplated applying that principle so as to distinguish it from other inventlons.

My invention relates broadly to a golf game and more particularly to an appliance intended to make the playing of indoor golf more .realistic. v

The object is to accomplish the stated purpose by enabling the stroking of a ball after the manner practiced on a regular golf course. What I have termed a golfikin stancer is to be held in an upright position against the floor so as to enable the hand of the player to either turn or tilt it as desired about. its space. Slidably and rotatably mounted on the stancer is an operating arm provided at one end with a handle and at its other end with a clampadapted to 'engage and hold in a series of adjustedposi-v tions the shaft of a miniature golf club. The positioning of the stancer, of the arm with respect to it and of-the club with respect to the arm is to be determined by the player with regard for the location of the ball, with respect .to its distance from the hole and with consideration of any haz- Then a flip of the club is to be imparted with the intention of advancing the ball.

Adverting to the drawings; Figure I is a pers ective view showin how my appliance might be employed in playing a golf game on the floor of a room. Figure II is an enlarged pers ectivev View showing how my appliance-is to e manually operated.

Figure III is a still-further enlarged side elevation of my complete appliance.

'yond both ends I Figure'IV is a plan view of Figure III.

Figure V is a' fragmentary side view on line V-V of Figure IV looking into the direction of the indicating arrows.

Figure VI is a plan view of a part of the clamp for adjustably holding a club.

Figures VII and VIII are a plan view and a side elevation respectively of a modifled form of club known as a driver.

Figure'IX is a miniature ball.

Figures X and XI are a plan view and a vertical section respectively of a cup.

A room in which use of my invention would be likel to occur includes walls 1 and a floor 2. aid upon the floor is a strip of carpet or matting 3 which may be considered as a fairway, and at one end of which is deposited an annular cup 4 having a sloping top surface 5 leading to a hole 6. It is desirable to provide the fairway 3 with one or more hazards purposed to obstruct or divert the rolling of a ball therealong. In Figure I is shown a pair of books 7 and 8 and an intermediate hump 9, all of which are intended to make less easy the direct progress of a ball 10 from the further end of the fairway 3 toward and into the Iloiolie 6 which is large enough to receive the Astancer 11 is intended to be held against the floor a distance from the point where the ball is first deposited, or thereafter hap pens to lie, to be determined by the calculation of the individual player. The base 12 of the stancer is preferably fashioned with a spherical bottom 13 in order to facilitate its rocking movement to various tilted positions or ease its turning movement when the handle 14 at itstop is moved or turned in a certain direction. The middle section of the stancer 11 is provided with a bore 15 extendin therethrough in a direction from it side to si e for the reception of an actuating arm 16 so as to enable both reciprocal and turning movement of the' latter. The arm 16. is of such length that it may project beof the bore 15 and carries at one ,end a wing nut 17 which is to serve as an operating handle.

The other end of the arm 16 carries a circular plate 18 having a central aperture 19 and is fashioned on one side with a series of radial grooves 20 as clearly appears in Figure V. A hook 21 has a screw-threaded shank 22 loosely passed through the aperture 19 and may be drawn in a'direction awayfrom that side of the plate 18 on which the grooves is screwed onto the shank 22. In this manner a clamp is provided to secure the shaft 24 of either a golf club 25 having an iron head or a wooden club 26 in any one of the grooves 20, the shaft 24 being confined in the selected groove by the bight of the hook 21 as is well shown in Figure IV.

The hole to be played having been laid out and the ball 10 deposited as appears in Figure I, the stancer 11 is placed in a position approximating that there shown. Next, the shaft 24 of aselected type of club is firmly clamped against the plate 18 with the distance of its head 25 from the clamp and its angular relation to the arm 16 determinable at will. Thereafter, the distanceof the plate 18 from the stancer 11 may also be varied by movement of the arm 16 in the bore 15 and furthermore the stancer 11 tilted according to the loft it may be desired to im art to the flight of the ball and turned accor ing tothe direction it is desired to have the ball follow. Then, if calculations have been properly made, a flip of the head of the club should stroke the ball in a most effective manner, and in any event, something like the form of an ideal stroke on a real golf course. It may well be, that some players will prefer to change the order of ad ustm ent of the various arts of my appliance. My invention ma es it quite possible to suit the individual fancy in this re ard.

claim 1. A

gplf game stancer comprising a support fas ioned with a spherically surfaced ase and a handle at its top, in combination with a golf club carrier turnably and slidably, mounted upon said support whereby adjustment may be selectively effected to suit the preferred tilt of said support upon its base.

2. An article of the character described consisting of a rigid member ada ted at its top to be grasped by the hand an fashioned with a curved bottom surface adapted to be firmly pressed. against a support and yetfacilitate tilting adjustment about a pivot point of contact with the floor and a golf club carrier adj ustably carried by said memher.

be moved in the same 20 appear when a mug nut 23 bottom surface to facilitate tilting adjustment about a pivot point of contact with the floor, and a clamp adj ustably carried by said nllerglber and purposed to engage a toy golf 0 u 1 4. An applianceof the character described comprising a support adapted to be turned and provided with an opening, passed through said opening and adapted to direction as its insertion movement, a clamp carried by said member,-a nd a toy golf club detachably carried by said clamp.

5. An appliance of comprising a support adapted to be grasped by the hand and either tilted or turned, and a member carried by said support andprovided with a handle, a clamp carried by said member and including a part fashioned with converging grooves, and a toy golf club adapted to occupy any-of said grooves and to be secured in a predetermined angular relation to said member.

6. An appliance of the character described comprising a support adapted to be tilted and turned, a member mounted for both.

reciprocal and turning movement on said support, a handleon one end of said member, a clamp carried by the other end of said member, and a toy golf club detachably carried by said clamp.

7 An appliance of the character described comprising a support fashioned with a spherically surfaced bottom on which it .is adapted to be tilted and turned, amember mounted for reciprocal movement on said su port and projecting beyond opposite si es thereof, a clamp carried by one end of said member and including a member having angularly related grooves, and a toy golf ,0 ub adjus'tably carried in one of the grooves of said clamp and adapted for both reciprocal and turnin adjustment therein.

8. An appliance of-t e character described comprising a support, a clamp carried by said support and including a part fashioned with angularly related grooves, and a toy golf clu adap) d' to occupy may of said grooves and to e secured in a pre etermined angular relation to said support.

9.- An appliance of the character described comprising a sup ort fashioned with radial. grooves a toy go fclub including a handle adapted to occupy and be slidably adjusted lengthwise of any one of said grooves and means forsecuring said club in one of said grooves.

10. The

combination of a member fashioned with a spherically surfaced bottom on which it -1s adapted to be held against a base and to be oscillated and turned while in contact with such base, "an arm assed through said member so as to be a apted for turning and sliding movements relative thereto and a toy golf club the character described a member adjustably secured to said arm, the arrangement permitting said club to be moved both relatively to and bodily with said arm.

11. A device of the character described comprising a standard, a toy golf club holder mounted for distinct movements relatively to said standard and a toy golf club mounted for distinct movements relative'to said holder.

12. A device of the character described comprising a standard adapted to be manuallyshifted or held in an upright position upon a floor, a toy golf club holder loosely mounted in a hole in'said standard so as to be capable of both reciprocal and rotatable movements on the latter anda toy golf club adjustably supported by said holder. a

13. A device of the character described comprising a member adapted to be grasped by the hand and fashioned with a curved bottom surface to facilitate tiltingadjustment about a pivot point floor, an arm adjustably connected with said member and a clamp adjustably carried by of contact with the 1 said arm and club.

14. The combination .of a golf game stanccr, a toy golf club and a pair of clamping elements adjustably carried by said stancer and adapted to hold said club in'a plurality of angularly related positions.

I 15. The combination stancer having an opening, and a connecting member able in said opening, said member connecting said stancer and club to permit of double relative adjustment thereof.

16. A scribed comprising a stancer, a member mounted thereon for both turning and straight line movement, a toy golf club and purposed to engage a toy golf a toy golf club a pair of clamping elements carried by said member and adapted to hold said club invarious angular and endwise positions of adjustment. p

Signed by me, this 12th day of October, 92]..

EDWARD ROY' MCGRANN.

of a golf game I turnable and slid- .n appliance of the character, de- 

